Nevada Revised Statutes 376A.030 – Authority of board of county commissioners following adoption of open-space plan
1. If an open-space plan is adopted pursuant to NRS 376A.020, the board of county commissioners may:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 376A.030
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Open-space plan: means the plan adopted by the board of county commissioners of a county to provide for the acquisition, development and use of open-space land. See Nevada Revised Statutes 376A.010
- Open-space use: includes :
(a) The preservation of land to conserve and enhance natural or scenic resources;
(b) The protection of streams and stream environment zones, watersheds, viewsheds, natural vegetation and wildlife habitat areas;
(c) The maintenance of natural and artificially created features that control floods, other than dams;
(d) The preservation of natural resources and sites that are designated as historic by the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and
(e) The development of recreational sites. See Nevada Revised Statutes 376A.010
(a) Operate, manage, improve and maintain as open space land, any land to which the county holds title, or to which a city within the county holds title if the governing body of the city so requests; and
(b) Acquire by purchase, contracts of purchase which extend beyond their respective terms of office, by gift, or by any other manner, parcels of land, rights in land or water rights in connection therewith for open-space use in accordance with the open-space plan.
2. For the purpose of this section, title is held by the county or the city if the county or the city has the right to acquire a clear title by discharging a fixed encumbrance, whether created by contract, mortgage or deed of trust.